CARTING IN FULL SWING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1906, 14 November 1913, Page 8

CARTING IN FULL SWING.

TRANSHIPPING WORK BEGUN. ■ MORE.MEN 'RESUME. ' MIERSrIORI- A NEW UNION. ANOTHER ARREST MADE. GOOD WORK IN THE O ; THER CENTRES. ' Waterside-Workers,'when they broke their agreement, were being paid Is. sd. an hour ordinary time, 2s. 2d. an hour overtime up to 10 p.m.; 2s. 3d. per hour overtime 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. For special work special rates of pay were provided, coal carriers, ' the highest paid, receiving 2s. an hour ordinary time, 3s. an hour overtime. ' -j Friday, October 17.—-Shipwrights asked for increase in wages. Saturday, October. 18.—Shipwrights ceased work, Monday, October 20.—first mass meeting Waterside Workers': Union, at which it was decided to call a "stop-work", meeting, to be held at 8 a.m. .on Wednesday, October Z2. ■ ■ . Wednesday, October 22.—"Stop-work" meeting of Waterside Workers' Union held oh wharf. While men were attending meeting, which, being held in working hours, was a breach of agreement, other union men:were put on to work-in their places. Union desired that "stop-work" men be reinstated in their positions, and absolutely re- ( fused to work unless all of the men formerly employed at the various , jobs were reinstated. Employers decided that men's action in knocking' off work . and refusing to go back in breach of agreement ter*. minated the agreement with the unjon, which had been entered into in 1912. Waterside Workers' Union hand controi of strike over to the Federation of Labour. Waterside Workers' Union strikes. Thursday, October 23.—Big mass meeting'of strikers. Wharves picketed. Union S.S. Company pays crews, off colliers; Free labourers commence work.. Negotiations between strike delegates and employers fail. ' Report of intention of Waterside Workers' Unjon to register a second union under the Arbitration Act. -Speeches in the Post Office Square 1 . ' Friday, October 24.—Scenes of .violence on the wharves. Conference of Federation of Labour delegates proves abortive. Employers decide •o cease work as far as handling cargo is concerned. Fifty police guard the wharves. Warehouse clerks work cargo in small steamers. ' Saturday, October 25.—Further scenes of violence on wharves. Steamers Defender and Nikau rushed—crews intimidated. Police from country arrive. Employers issue-a statement to tho effect that no watersiders will bo employed until a fresh organisation be formed' and , registered under Arbitration Act. Watersiders decide to continue .-.strike.' Harbour Board pickets the wharves.. Sunday, October 26—.Mass meeting at >2.15 p.m. in Post Office Square. Procession t'p Basin ,Reserve. Gate broken down by crowd. Inflammatory speeches by strike leaders. ; . . _ Monday, October 27.—Labour Day and a holiday. Observed by strikers as well as the public. No change in tho situation,, Tuesday, October 23.—Conference between employers and employees. with Hon. W. F., Massey, Prim e Minister, as ' chairman., ' More ■ police arrive. S.S., Nikau rushed. All steamers move to an anchorage in ths stream; Racehorses allowed to leave for south. - . ' Wednesday, October 29.—Employers' proposals from previous evening's conference submitted to the watersiders, and-rejected; Raid made on flour and other provisions being sent to Day's Bay by Cobar.' Goods subsequently allowed to be shipped. Further violent speeches by . agitators in the Post Office Square. Encounter at night between suspected free labourers and strikers at Waterloo Quay. Auckland and Westport watersiders strike. > Thursday, October 30.—Strikers assault special constables, Waterloo Quay fence broken'down and horses liberated. Men of H.M.S. Psyche, on. parade. , Psyche's stores landed from Ulimaroa by bluejackets. Mounted constables parade streets,and charge .strikers in Post Office Square. Three hundred special constables sworn in. Onset on Messrs. ' Whitcombe and Tombs' shop; constabio severely wounded. Prime Minister, states the Government's position. Lyttelton watersiders strike. 'Saturday, November day. Employers enlarge their strike ■ committee. Large bodies of specials arrive from the country. Skirmishes with strikers in town. Wahine's crew give notice to strike. /Oamaru watersiders.join strike. ; Sunday,. November 2.—Deputation from combined Labour bodies to . Prime Minister with proposals'for settlement. Mass meetings at Newtown Park and Opera House.' Further contingents of special constables arrive. y iVVahihe laid up in stream. Strike pickets withdrawn'from wharves. Outlook for settlement more hopeful, Greymouth Union come out on strike.. , 1 . ■ ' Monday, Novembor 3;—Wahine's men come ashore. Wellington ','■■■ branch of Seamen's Union decide to strike if free labour is employed. Negotiations'between employers and workers entered upon and ad-' journed till following, day. Mapourika enters ferry service to replace v Wahine. . Government held in readiness for mails. Serious riot. in Taranaki Street, special oonstables being attacked by mob. Several persons injured—three seriously. Revolvers used. Mob' indulges in window-breakjng and other damage. Tuesday, November 4—Negotiations for settlement broken off-on employers Stipulating oil union registering under Arbitration Act. Employers refuse Harbour Board's invitation to meet workers in conference. , Mass meeting of strikers at Newtown Park. Hinemoa's crew give notice. Two special constables severely handled in -Tory Street, Attempt to block cartage of straw to barracks. Mayor closes seven hotels in evening. Royal Tigers-Hotel besieged. Two men arrested. Wednesday, November s.—Racehorses for New Zealand Cup Meeting • shipped on Maunganui for Lyttelton bf free labour. Mounted special constables guarding the wharf stoned by crowd. Eight arrests made, and about thirty persons'wounded in the melee. Thursday, Novomber 6.—New Wharf Labourers' Union, registered. Members commence work loading the Athenic at Glasgow Wharf. Wharf approaches guarded by mounted and foot "specials." Fine display "law and order" troops, who were cheered through the city. City "specials" paraded for first time—make a gallant show. Stone-throwing ceases. A. quiat night. Friday, November 7.— S.S. Athenic, Willochra, and 'Moana worked by Arbitrationists. Moana's crew leaves ship, and Willoqhra's deside to follow. Union Company's permanent hands join strike. Wharves guarded by special constables. /Saturday, November B.~General strike in Auckland, special constables take waterfront. Waterside Federation invites new Wellington Union to affiliate. . P. J. Bassett arrested on charge of attempting to murder Commissioner Cullen. Wellington seamen decide to come-out. ' Sunday, November 9.—General strike called in Wellington.- Mass /meeting in Opera House. Monday, November 10.—Drivers' Union decides to join the strike. Goods carted from wharf to warehouses under escort. Seven thousand work in Auckland. Work increasing at wharves. ..Tuesday, November 11.—Four strike leaders, Messrs. Semple, Holland, Fraser, and Bailey arrested. Members of Drivers' Union ' stop work. More steamers worked at wharves, Wednesday, November 12.— W. T. Young, Secretary Wellington Sea- ; men's Union, arrested, T.-Barker, organiser for 1.W.W., arrested at Auckland. All strike leaders under arrest remanded for a week. Oversea and coastal steamers worked in Wellington. Goods carted from wharves without escort.

'Another quiet day. \Strikers assembled in tho Post Office S'quaro during tho forenoon, but woro on. their best behaviour. ' Mounted constables ahd others kept an eyo on them. Tho special constabulary have now been divided into patrols, who have been given certain beats to cover, whilst still keeping in touch with defined centres. This arrangement tends to check interference with drivors engaged in carting goods from tho wharves to tho markets, warehouses, Customs bonds, and railway stations. During tho day the v ßuilding Trades' Labourers' Union joined the strikers. Per contra, however, a new Drivers' Union was formed. 0;i 'the wharves the vessels worked were tho Rimutaka, Athcnic, Northern', ■l)nr«-pt, Mapourika, Opawa, Stormbird, Wakatu, and Nikau. The White Star liner Corinthic comes in next, and, after her, the Remuera. A further 111rrcaso in the membership of the jicw Wharf Labotircrs' Union was jojuprtedr;

A meeting of strikers' wives was held in tho Opera House during tho afternoon, and a meeting of tho strikers was held at Newtown Park during tho evening. Both meetings are reported elsewhere